Dyson electric car plans revealed by U.K. government filings

Stephen Edelstein 230 views Mar 28, 2016 James Dyson with digital motors [image: Dyson] Enlarge Photo Would you buy a car from a company that makes vacuum cleaners? Dyson, the U.K. company known for its bagless vacuums, could soon try to build an electric car of its own. It's developing an electric car at its headquarters in Wiltshire, England, according to government documents. DON'T MISS: Dyson Buys Solid-State Battery Startup Sakti3 For $90 Million (Oct 2015) These documents disclose, apparently by accident, that the U.K. government is funding this project , according to The Guardian . "The government is funding Dyson to develop a new battery-electric vehicle at its headquarters," said the National Infrastructure Delivery Plan published last Wednesday. The unspecified amount of funding is expected to return 174 million pounds ($245 million) of private investment in the ...